Hearing the sound of fighting outside, the people who were confronting inside also panicked. They probably thought that Chu Jihan's reinforcements were coming. The fourth master was frightened to the point where his two limbs trembled and he shouted directly, "Get them quickly, otherwise the entire army will be destroyed." The Su family is all finished."
Originally, the secret guard was a little hesitant to take action against Chu Jihan, a relative of the emperor. Even the secret guard was not completely emotionless. When he was a secret guard, he would starve to death without food when he was a child. He would do this when he was desperate, and no one would I don’t want to die for no reason.
At this time, the situation was such that the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. The secret guard's nerves were tense when the fourth master said this, and he immediately rushed forward without caring about anything else.
The third master wanted to stop it, but in the chaotic scene, no one supported what he was saying, and the eldest master, the well-known person in charge of the Hou Mansion, really had no responsibility. At this time, it was too chaotic, so he just allowed it to develop.
"Oh, they really don't care about your life." Chu Jihan looked at the secret guards rushing up and did not forget to provoke him.
Although Su Jingmo, the second son of the Su family, knew very well that Chu Jihan was sowing discord, he still couldn't help but feel chilled. He always knew that the concubine was not taken seriously, but he didn't expect that at this time, the Hou family really didn't care about him at all. of life and death.
What happened was that after Chu Jihan left the old lady's yard, he handed the dagger given by the old lady to his entourage for safekeeping, and went to the front yard with the Su family's young master to meet the elders of the Su family, where a banquet had been set up.
Originally, Chu Jihan had not thought about the dagger given by the old lady, especially if he wanted to harm him, he would have to do something about the food, and there was nothing wrong with his food and wine, which made Chu Jihan less alert.
But while drinking, Chu Jihan obviously noticed that the eldest young master Su Jingzhang's eyes were a little dodgey, the second young master frowned and seemed to be struggling with something, and the third young master was even more strange, always peeking at him uneasily, while the other young masters were fine. It was unusual, but those gentlemen also felt uneasy.
Chu Jihan became more and more strange, but he couldn't figure out the key to it, until he heard small but inconspicuous footsteps coming towards the lobby. If he hadn't been very good at hearing, he would never have noticed it.
There was an ambush, and this thought immediately popped into Chu Jihan's mind. He thought of the unusual behavior of everyone at the banquet, and thought of the fact that the most senior old lady in the Hou family refused to poison herself, and how she insisted on giving him the dagger. Chu Jihan connected them all.
Something must have happened to the Su family. Although the specific reason is not yet clear, it must be something related to him.
After thinking about it, Chu Jihan slowly stretched his hand towards the box beside him. Su Ningxin opened the secret compartment but did not close it. He easily touched the dagger.
Just when he was chatting and laughing with the elder with a casual expression, no one expected that he would suddenly jump up like a vigorous rabbit and pounce directly on the second young master Su Jingmo who was nearest to him. The dagger was pressed against Su Jingmo's throat in a flash, and no one present reacted at all. The scene was complete before the smiles on some people's faces even disappeared.
Although Chu Jihan knew that Su Jingzhang's status in the Su family must be higher, he was separated from him by one person. Originally, Chu Jihan thought that this arrangement was a bit inappropriate. It must be that the Su family did not care about the seating arrangement. Now It seems that Su Jingzhang was worried about being implicated, so he didn't want to sit next to him.
It can also be seen from this that the second young master is not taken seriously in the Su family, otherwise he would not be in such a dangerous position. Unfortunately, he cannot go past one person to kidnap Su Jingzhang, so he can only attack him.
After kidnapping Su Jingmo, Chu Jihan confronted the people of the Su family. The secret guards around him were also forced to show up. Although they did not take action, they could not escape.
Later, the Su family wanted to take advantage of their weak vigilance to attack them from the side, causing a small-scale battle. However, because the Su family's secret guards were outnumbered and Chu Jihan had hostages, they did not succeed. That was the sound of fighting that Su Ningxin heard outside just now.
But now, because of the fourth master's command, what was originally a small-scale sneak attack has turned into a full-scale battle.
Seeing that the other party was determined to keep him and did not care about Su Jingmo's life or death, Chu Jihan did not kill Su Jingmo. It was not because he was kind-hearted, but because he felt that judging from Su Jingmo's performance today , he probably doesn't agree with the Su family's approach, but because his words have no weight in the Su family, he can only be coerced.
The opponent is well prepared, and it is unlikely that he will lead a few secret guards to kill him. However, the advantage is that the individual combat power is relatively strong. If you want to take advantage of the chaos, you can still kill a few people.
The Su family didn't know whether it was because they were inexperienced or too arrogant. The masters in charge didn't know to withdraw. They still stood aside and watched the development of the battle. They looked for an opportunity to rush over and kill them. When the time came, let them Su Jingmo is the only master of the Su family, and maybe he can be asked to let them go.
So Chu Jihan instigated something in Su Jingmo's ear and let him go. When he rushed towards the enemy who was killing him, he added, "Treason is a crime that can be punished by execution. If you commit the crime and perform meritorious service, there may be others." There is a glimmer of hope, otherwise all the female relatives in the Hou Mansion will be reduced to low status."
I don't know if Su Jingmo listened to Chu Jihan's words, but he didn't do anything. He neither helped the Su family's secret guards nor Chu Jihan. He seemed to be rapidly weighing the pros and cons.
Not long after, Chu Jihan saw Su Jingmo picking up the sword on the ground and fighting against the Su family's secret guards. However, Chu Jihan did not take it lightly and was always vigilant to avoid being struck by a sword from behind.
Chu Jihan's side gradually became weaker due to the large number of people on the other side. Everyone except Chu Jihan had injuries of various sizes. Chu Jihan even considered rushing in to assassinate several members of the Su family. When I was a gentleman, the door of the lobby was kicked open.
"Stop it." The sound of the door being kicked and Su Ningxin's shout made everyone inside and outside the room stunned for a moment and looked at her.
Su Ningxin's hair was a little messy due to the fight, and her clothes were stained with blood, but she didn't know whether it was hers or someone else's.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Su Ningxin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It would be embarrassing if she shouted and no one paid attention to her.
Taking advantage of this short pause, in order to prevent them from regaining consciousness and continuing to attack, Su Ningxin said without missing a moment, "I know that you were deceived by the Xuanning Marquis Mansion and made the big mistake that implicated the nine clans. Put down your arms now and you have a chance to atone."
Su Ningxin first put a big hat on her head, trying to confuse the government soldiers and secret guards who didn't know the truth, and then deceive them.
(End of chapter)